Righty-tighty
Dec. 21st, 2018 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fandomnumbergeneratorTrying to help my 4-year old with one of her toys this morning, while also trying to get everyone bundled out the door, and write out cards for her preschool teachers and my older daughter's 4th grade teacher.
The 4-year old asked, which way do I turn thuis screw to tighten it? and my older daughter and I immediately answered "righty-tighty lefty-loosey". And then I realized that 1) my 4-year old is still pretty shaky on right vs left and 2) it is not at all intuitive that "right" means "clockwise" in this context.
Oh well. She seemed satisfied with the answer, and then we could move on to other important questions like, Had she taken apart her sister's project to make the thing she was assembling?
The 4-year old asked, which way do I turn thuis screw to tighten it? and my older daughter and I immediately answered "righty-tighty lefty-loosey". And then I realized that 1) my 4-year old is still pretty shaky on right vs left and 2) it is not at all intuitive that "right" means "clockwise" in this context.
Oh well. She seemed satisfied with the answer, and then we could move on to other important questions like, Had she taken apart her sister's project to make the thing she was assembling?
